Data Acquisition and Signal Conditioning Reference Materials

Description: Barcodes are machine readable symbols that store identifying data about the part or product with
which they are associated. These symbols, when read by a barcode scanner, are decoded, recorded, and ...

Description: If you're working on a data acquisition project requiring extended data recording, Grant Squirrel series dataloggers allow users to increase their internal memories if necessary. Grant and its ...

Description: The Automation industry uses a wide range of control cabinets on the factory floor. Process parameters being monitored and controlled frequently require signal conversion and/or isolation before being ...

Description: Output signals produced by temperature measurement sensors require conditioning to convert them to a form that can be used for further processing. Signal conditioning consists of:
While conditioning ...

Description: Pasteurisation is a key stage in the production of a wide range of food and beverage goods, including milk, dairy products, beers, juices and even water. During
pasteurisation, products must be ...

Description: In the past, food and pharmaceutical manufacturers had to dismantle equipment between production batches for manual cleaning. Manual cleaning is time-consuming, expensive, and subject to variable ...

Description: In an enzyme production plant the process fluids contain cellulose particles with a size of approx. 8 mm. When the valve is quickly settled, it may be blocked. This effect occurs in conjunction with ...

Description: The clear sugar juice coming from the filter following the second carbonation has a light straw color. Further heating has a tendency to react with residual amino acids, causing the juice to assume a ...

Description: In September 2015 the "Digital Test Field Motorway" project has been started officially by the Federal Transport Minister Alexander Dobrinth and takes place on the motorway A9 between Munich and ...

Description: Using Delphin data loggers, users have the option to extend all existing Expert Loggers (100, 200 und 300 models) with LTE/WWAN interfaces. CAS DataLoggers and Delphin show you how in our latest ...

Description: A major pharmaceutical company with a large facility in the greater Philadelphia area consumes as much as 300 million BTU s of thermal energy per day to cool their labs, equipment, offices, and other ...

Description: Many standalone network devices that are able to e-mail, including data recorders and environmental monitors, cannot use SMTP servers that require SSL encryption. At CAS DataLoggers we've found a ...

Description: Covariance is a method of measuring how strongly variables are related to each other. In our latest Tech Article, CAS DataLoggers shows you how to perform covariance calculations using a dataTaker ...

Description: In the event of a software update or a follow-up software order for Delphin systems, you'll need to perform a quick license change in ProfiSignal software. In our latest Delphin Tech Article, CAS ...

Description: Stopping damage caused by impacts, vibrations,
temperature excursions, or tilts could save countless dollars in repairs, replacement, and reshipping, not to mention such indirect costs as ...

Description: The National Electricity Board of Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) wanted a reliable measurement of the actual diesel consumption of their mobile truck generators. In total 26 truck generators ...

Description: The 14-page document revisits the definition of RMS, shows RMS values for various time functions, and explores some RMS measurement issues including the frequency response and crest (or form) factor. ...

Description: The Internet is the prevailing medium of digital communication worldwide. However, the concept of using instant, pervasive, and globally connected data over the Internet for the benefit of industrial ...

Description: Product traceability is a growing concern in industries from medical device manufacturing to consumer packaged goods. It is no longer sufficient for a manufacturer to produce high-quality products to ...

Description: Helicopter transmission health and usage monitoring is mature and operating on many helicopters worldwide. Attention is now being given to improving the monitoring of rotor systems, in order to 1) ...

Description: Energy harvesting, combined with wireless sensors, could greatly improve our ability to monitor and maintain critical structures. This paper reports on the development of an integrated structural ...

Description: Is our instrumentation moving with the times? Our current instrumentation owes it genesis to the condenser microphone, simple valve amplifiers and moving coil displays. The existence of highly ...

Description: Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) increase efficiency and reduce costs by helping to automate a manufacturing facility or warehouse. AGVs are mobile robots that follow markers or wires in the floor, or ...

Description: European Automation has published a one page guide to remote data access (RDA), highlighting the freeing benefits of the compliant technology and drawing attention to the requisite security measures. ...

Description: Do you remember that time your car wouldn't start because the battery died at the very moment you were about to set off on holiday? Or when the washing machine belt broke that day you really needed a ...

Description: For factories of the present, the ability to compete in tomorrow's economy hinges on their ability to integrate with the Industrial Internet of Things. This white paper offers a look into the factory ...

Description: A customer from abroad inquired with CAS DataLoggers about a monitoring and datalogging system for a photovoltaic (PV) energy plant. Their request was not only for a device to measure current and ...

Description: Many of today's measurement requirements involve large numbers of measurement channels and sensors. However, setup and preparation times for these large-scale measurement and testing procedures are ...

Description: The TT230 and TT330 series of space-saving, 2 or 4-wire transmitters and isolators are offered for a range of inputs with sink/source 4-20mA output compatibility. Using isolation, these transmitters ...

Description: Normally, the T&D RTR-500NW Ethernet Network Base Station is used for network-based alarming and data retrieval. However, in cases where a network is not available, it can also be used to activate a ...

Description: The term Energy Audit is familiar to most readers in business and industry. In this CAS DataLoggers Applications Note we'll cover the basics of how to perform an Electricity Energy Audit using our ...

Description: In the automotive industry, the development of Electronic Control Units-ECUs-is critical in the manufacture of new vehicle models. In this brief example CAS DataLoggers shows how ECU test development ...

Description: Every new product that Henkel develops requires extensive testing, whether for powder or liquid detergent. To perform these tests and ensure product quality, the company has now replaced its old data ...

Description: A common data logging application is measuring voltage or current flowing into or out of a piece of equipment. These measurements can be broadly classified into two groups: AC and DC. At CAS ...

Description: Sensors can help to answer key questions about products, systems and processes. The accurate empirical data they offer can be used to address concerns such as, "How hot is my boiler running?" "Do I ...

Description: Recently CAS DataLoggers provided the ADwin data acquisition and control solution to an internationally-known consumer electronics manufacturer using Model-Based Design (MBD) in a vehicular control ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers offers ADwin data acquisition and control systems for intelligent, high-speed control applications in every industry such as test stand control. By utilizing the programmability of ...

Description: New, high-performance USB-based data acquisition products are assisting the influx of USB into new markets. Simplicity, availability, flexibility, and a focus on embedded and OEM applications all ...

Description: The attributes of positive displacement pumps make them one of the most widely deployed pump technologies in the oil and gas market. Capable of high pressure transfer of crude oil and liquefied ...

Description: Warehouses and shipping companies face increasing regulatory pressure-notably FDA Title 21 CFR Part 11--to electronically record the temperature of their products. In this brief tutorial by CAS ...

Description: A company specializing in compressor installation required a small but powerful data logger to measure the on time to off time and current consumption of a wide range of compressor models. This system ...

Description: Monitoring energy usage is a growing business, customers want to know exactly how much they are spending on gas, electricity and oil for heating, lighting and manufacturing production. Long gone are ...

Description: Quite simply, the cutting-edge is ADwin. German manufacturer Jager's ADwin Data Acquisition systems are used around the world in testing, R&D and production. ADwin's design combines mechanics, ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers has provided the automated dataTaker datalogging solution to a government-owned school building being retrofitted with a solar energy system as part of its renewable energy initiative. ...

Description: Australian utility Ergon Energy supplies electricity to around 700,000 customers in the state of Queensland. Its vast operating area covers over one million km2 and includes expanding coastal and ...

Description: In electrical engineering, Power Factor (PF) is the ratio of real power to the apparent power flowing to the load from the source. From a business standpoint it's important to understand how having a ...

Description: The average voltage supply from many national grids around the world is often higher than the ideal operating voltage for most electrical equipment from lighting to motors. To get started in your own ...

Description: In static strength testing for aircraft wings and airframes, data must be acquired on the aerospace structural response to applied loads. This type of testing is commonly used to simulate the loads ...

Description: Typical automotive durability and fatigue testing requires dynamic frequency measurements, ranging from static conditions to bandwidths up to 50 Hz. It is not uncommon for such testing to be executed ...

Description: The September 29 Mars Labs-sponsored AutoX Race Day event, held at FedEx Field in Lanham, Maryland, used the company's new Titan™ modular DAQ system to determine whether real-time on-track ...

Description: In March of 2011 CAS DataLoggers provided the DataTaker diesel engine monitoring solution for R.A. Mitchell Co. Inc, an emergency generator and marine services dealer with a customer operating one of ...

Description: Texas City Refinery, Buncefield Terminal, and Deepwater Horizon are all examples of recent catastrophic industrial accidents. Could new safety technology have prevented or at least mitigated these ...

Description: The intelligent dataTaker data loggers work with DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) which is an older file format. This feature gives you a way to setup automatic downloading of your data to save time ...

Description: Recently CAS DataLoggers was contracted by a major Northeastern city's council to supply and install water level monitoring and flood warning systems at 8 key river sites across the city and at a ...

Description: In late 2013 CAS DataLoggers provided the dataTaker automation solution for a car seat manufacturer required to monitor and test their products during the manufacturing process. The manufacturer's ...

Description: There has been keen recognition over the past decade of the potential dangers of not properly protecting our drug supply chain. Many are the stories of countries experiencing counterfeiting of ...

Description: "Clinician Accuracy When Subjectively Interpreting Articulating Paper Markings"* was published in January of 2014 in The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice by Dr. Robert Kerstein and Dr. John Radke. ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers has just provided the structural monitoring technology for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), which has begun work on their newest conservation project--the Watts Towers, a ...

Description: Alternating voltages and alternating currents can easily be transmitted and electrically isolated using transformers. Transformers are reliable, easy to produce and suitable for high working voltages ...

Description: In industrial plants, transient overvoltages with rise speeds of several 1000 V/µs occur in particular due to switching processes. This kind of overvoltage can lead to damage or destruction of ...

Description: Modern photovoltaic plants comprise two main components: The PV array made of solar modules for converting the irradiating sun energy into electrical energy and an inverter system that converts the ...

Description: The transmission properties required by a device for signal transmission are determined by various factors. In addition to the requirements regarding accuracy and speed of the signal transmission, the ...

Description: The Cohen-Coon tuning rules work well on virtually all self-regulating processes. These rules were originally designed to give a very fast response, but this results in loops with a very oscillatory ...

Description: Since 1942, well over one hundred controller tuning methods have been developed, each trying to accomplish a certain objective or fill a specific niche. One of these methods is the Internal Model ...

Description: The original Ziegler-Nichols tuning methods published in 1942 aimed for a super-fast speed of response at the expense of control loop stability. However, with a slight modification of their tuning ...

Description: A surge tank is placed between two processing units (Figure 1) to absorb flow rate fluctuations coming from the upstream process so that the flow rate to the downstream process changes less rapidly. ...

Description: A reliable HS-21 barcode reader is used as an accessory to the epMotion® 5075 from Eppendorf to identify and track samples and reagents to achieve improved accuracy and efficiency in laboratory ...

Description: The Internet of Things (IoT) is a popular phrase for the increasing development and market saturation of Internet-capable physical objects such as appliances and control systems. CAS DataLoggers ...

Description: The National Instruments â How-To Guide for Most Common Measurementsâ is a centralized resource portal for obtaining information about making common sensor and signal measurements. Each of the ...

Description: As part of the National Instruments Measurement Fundamentals Series, this set of tutorials helps you learn about a specific common measurement application topic through theory explanations and ...

Description: When selecting a data logger there are a few factors to consider to make sure you're getting the recording and storage capabilities you need. Do you want to keep the logger hooked up to your PC or do ...

Description: Crimped cans and battered boxes can keep a supply
chain manager awake at night. Each blemish represents damage that occurred during shipping and undermines even the most meticulous quality assurance ...

Description: Terumo Medical Corporation error-proofs its labeling process with a system that incorporates QX Hawk Imagers on each packaging line to ensure each device receives a correct and readable label that is ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers has just provided the dataTaker solution to a major dairy product manufacturer monitoring cheese- shaping machines on the production line. In order to increase profitability, the plant ...